"Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster Major General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, (22 December 1951 – 9 August 2016) was a British landowner, businessman, philanthropist, Territorial Army general and hereditary peer. He was the son of Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster and Viola Grosvenor. He was Chairman of the property company Grosvenor Group. Born in Northern Ireland, Grosvenor moved from an island in the middle of Lough Erne to be educated at Sunningdale and Harrow boarding schools in the south of England. After a troubled education he left school with two O-levels. He joined the"
"Edwin S. Grosvenor Edwin S. Grosvenor is a writer, photographer, and President and Editor-in-Chief of ""American Heritage"". He has published nine books and is best known for writing on his great-grandfather, Alexander Graham Bell, including two books and several magazine articles. Early in his career, Grosvenor worked as a freelance photographer for ""National Geographic"", completing 23 assignments. He has been interviewed on History Channel, CBS News Sunday Morning, AARP Radio, AP Radio, CBC, NBC Radio Network, NPR, and Voice of America, and has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution, Boston Museum of Science, and other venues. Born September 17, 1951 in"
"in 1992. He has also edited a number of anthologies from ""American Heritage"" and ""Horizon"" Magazines. Grosvenor received the President's Award from Historic Deerfield in 2012. Grosvenor is a member of the Organization of American Historians, the National Book Critics Circle, and the American Antiquarian Society. Edwin S. Grosvenor Edwin S. Grosvenor is a writer, photographer, and President and Editor-in-Chief of ""American Heritage"". He has published nine books and is best known for writing on his great-grandfather, Alexander Graham Bell, including two books and several magazine articles. Early in his career, Grosvenor worked as a freelance photographer for ""National Geographic"","
"Gilbert Melville Grosvenor Gilbert Melville Grosvenor, born on May 5, 1931, became president and chairman of the National Geographic Society after having served as the editor of ""National Geographic Magazine"". In 2011, he retired after 23 years as Chairman of the Society. Grosvenor has received 14 honorary doctorates and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 for his leadership in geography education. ""As the world grows smaller and more interdependent daily, our country's future absolutely depends on our ability to see the connections between ourselves and our global neighbors,"" Grosvenor told an interviewer recently. Born in Washington, D.C., Grosvenor is"
"Alexander G.B. Grosvenor Alexander Graham Bell Grosvenor (December 7, 1927 – April 7, 1978) was a United States Navy pilot, carrier officer, and avid yachtsman credited with promoting the resurgence of sailing at the United States Naval Academy. He was a great-grandson of the inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, and brother of Gilbert M. Grosvenor, former Chairman of the National Geographic Society. Grosvenor was born in 1927, the son of Helen Rowland and Melville Bell Grosvenor, who later became president of the National Geographic Society and editor of the ""National Geographic Magazine"". In 1937, ten-year-old Alex was present when the Smithsonian"
"Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor (; 18 June 1731 – 5 August 1802), known as Sir Richard Grosvenor, Bt between 1755 and 1761 and as The Lord Grosvenor between 1761 and 1784, was a British peer, racehorse owner and art collector. He was created Baron Grosvenor in 1761 and in 1784 became both Viscount Belgrave and Earl Grosvenor. Richard Grosvenor was born at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, the elder son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, graduating MA in 1751 and DCL in 1754. He became Member of Parliament"
"(now known as Istanbul, Turkey). He was second cousin to U.S. President and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Howard Taft. He was educated at Worcester Academy and at Robert Elementary School. He attended Amherst College and graduated with the A.B. degree ""magna cum laude"" in 1897. While at Amherst, Grosvenor and his twin brother Edwin were one of the best tennis doubles teams. Grosvenor was hired in 1899 as the first full-time employee of the National Geographic Society by Alexander Graham Bell, the Society's President at the time. He eventually was named Director, and later was elected President of the"
"awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States, by President George W. Bush on June 23, 2004. Gilbert Melville Grosvenor Gilbert Melville Grosvenor, born on May 5, 1931, became president and chairman of the National Geographic Society after having served as the editor of ""National Geographic Magazine"". In 2011, he retired after 23 years as Chairman of the Society. Grosvenor has received 14 honorary doctorates and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 for his leadership in geography education. ""As the world grows smaller and more interdependent daily, our country's future absolutely depends on"
"to cover investigations into space and the deep sea. Grosvenor expanded the scope of the society's operations, branching into the production of documentaries bearing the National Geographic name, which began airing on television. Four of these were produced per year. Among the features produced during Grosvenor's presidency were documentaries covering the first American expedition to Mount Everest and Jacques Cousteau's underwater exploits. Grosvenor was born in Washington, D.C., on November 26, 1901. His parents were Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, the first editor of ""The National Geographic Magazine"", and Elsie May (née Bell) Grosvenor, the daughter of Alexander Graham Bell. The year"
"Melville Bell Grosvenor Melville Bell Grosvenor (November 26, 1901 – April 22, 1982) was the president of the National Geographic Society and editor of ""The National Geographic Magazine"" from 1957 to 1967. He was the grandson of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell. A photography enthusiast, he increased the size of printed photographs in the magazine, and initiated the practice, that continues to this day, of opening articles with a two-page photo feature. He reduced the name of the publication from ""The National Geographic Magazine"" to ""National Geographic"". Under Grosvenor's tenure, ""National Geographic"" also began to branch out from land expeditions"
"Washington, D.C., Grosvenor is the son of Anne and Melville Bell Grosvenor (1901-1982), who was the President of the National Geographic Society and Editor of its magazine. Grosvenor graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1969, and received a B.A. from Yale College in 1974. He earned an M.S. (Journalism) from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in 1976 and an M.B.A. from the Columbia Business School in 1977. Grosvenor developed an interest in photography at an early age. When was 11, a photograph he took at the Seattle World's Fair was published in the September, 1962 issue of ""National"
"Edwin A. Grosvenor Edwin Augustus Grosvenor (1845–1936) was a historian, author, chairman of the history department at Amherst College, and president of the national organization of Phi Beta Kappa societies from 1907 to 1919. Grosvenor was called ""one of the most cosmopolitan of Americans"" by author and abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson. His son, Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, was the first employee and longtime editor of ""National Geographic Magazine"". Grosvenor was born in 1845 in West Newbury, Massachusetts, the son of Dr. Edwin Prescott Grosvenor and the author Harriet Sanborn Grosvenor. He prepared at Brown High School in Newburyport, MA, and graduated"
"as a picture editor. In 1970, Grosvenor assumed the position of editor of ""National Geographic Magazine"". He served as editor until 1980, when he became president of the National Geographic Society, additionally becoming chairman of the board of trustees (on which he served from 1966 to 2014) in 1987. He retired as president in 1996 and chairman in 2011, since which time he has served as an honorary director of The Explorers Club. In 1996, Grosvenor was awarded a Gold Medal by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and the Scottish Geographical Medal by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Grosvenor was"
"town in Turkey where he was born. After Fairchild's estate, ""The Kampong"", was acquired by the National Tropical Botanical Garden, they also bought Hissar. Grosvenor served on the Board of Trustees of the University of Miami from 1944 to 1960. Grosvenor's health deteriorated following the death of his wife and he died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 90 on February 4, 1966. Grosvenor is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery alongside his wife and members of the Bell family. Grosvenor Arch, a sandstone double arch located in southern Utah, is named after Gilbert Grosvenor. Through his eldest son"
"John Grosvenor John Grosvenor (1742 – 30 June 1823) was an English surgeon. He was born at Oxford, the son of Stephen Grosvenor, sub-treasurer of Christ Church. He received medical education in Worcester and the London hospitals, and later became anatomical surgeon on Matthew Lee's foundation at Christ Church. Grosvenor was long the most noted practical surgeon in Oxford, especially for his treatment of stiff and diseased joints by friction. He was admitted to the privileges of the university on 24 February 1768. In 1795, on the death of William Jackson, the university printer, he became chief proprietor and editor"
"that would establish the National Park Service. Grosvenor continued involvement with the National Parks over the years. He became very involved in protecting the Katmai volcanic crater and Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes from mining exploitation, and helped to establish Katmai National Monument in 1918. Katmai National Park's Grosvenor Lodge is named after him. Grosvenor married Elsie May Bell (1878–1964), the daughter of Alexander Graham Bell. Together, they were the parents of seven children, including: In 1931, Grosvenor bought a property in Coconut Grove, Florida next door to his brother-in-law, David Fairchild. He called this estate ""Hissar"" after the small"
"point of interest near the station is the Music Center at Strathmore. In addition, it is the first stop outside of the Capital Beltway heading outbound towards Shady Grove on the Red Line. Originally to be named Parkside, service to Grosvenor (named for its proximity to Grosvenor Lane) began on July 25, 1984. Grosvenor Lane was located at the farm of Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), the father of photojournalism and the first full-time editor of ""National Geographic"" from 1899 to 1954. He moved there from the Dupont Circle area in Washington, D.C. after buying the farmland in 1912. The station's"
"Lord Hugh Grosvenor Captain Lord Hugh William Grosvenor (6 April 1884 – 30 October 1914) was the son of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and his second wife, formerly The Hon. Katherine Cavendish. Grosvenor was the commander of C Squadron, 1st Life Guards, and was killed in action, aged thirty, during World War I. Having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres.This was because the bodies of Lord Hugh and one hundred other soldiers were never found - it was as if they had never existed. He married Lady Mabel Crichton, daughter of John"
"Mabel H. Grosvenor Dr. Mabel Harlakenden Grosvenor (July 28, 1905 in Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia – October 30, 2006 in Baddeck, Nova Scotia) was a Canadian-born American pediatrician, and a granddaughter and secretary to the scientist and telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell. She lived in both Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia and Washington, D.C. Grosvenor oversaw the stewardship of Bell's legacy Canadian estate at Beinn Bhreagh, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, until her death, and was also the Honorary President of the Alexander Graham Bell Club (founded in 1891), Canada's oldest continuing women's club. The club grew out of a social organization started"
"Gilbert H. Grosvenor Hall Gilbert H. Grosvenor Hall is a historic building in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada. The 19th-century building has served as a post office, library, and interpretive centre. The building was originally built as the Baddeck Post Office and Custom House, Opening in 1886. The post office was located on the main floor with the custom house on the upper floor. The post office relocated in 1956, and the building was sold to Samuel Gayley who gave it to his wife Gertrude Gayley—the granddaughter of Alexander Graham Bell. Gertrude Gayley named the building after her father, Gilbert Hovey"
"Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (; October 28, 1875 – February 4, 1966), father of photojournalism, was the first full-time editor of ""National Geographic"" (1899–1954). Grosvenor is credited with having built the magazine into the iconic publication that it is today. As President of the National Geographic Society, he assisted its rise to one of the world's largest and best known science and learning organizations, aided by the chronicling in its magazine of ambitious natural and cultural explorations around the globe. Grosvenor was born on October 28, 1875 to Lilian Waters and Edwin A. Grosvenor in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire,"
"out of a social organization started at Beinn Bhreagh, by her grandmother and namesource Mabel Bell. Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (; October 28, 1875 – February 4, 1966), father of photojournalism, was the first full-time editor of ""National Geographic"" (1899–1954). Grosvenor is credited with having built the magazine into the iconic publication that it is today. As President of the National Geographic Society, he assisted its rise to one of the world's largest and best known science and learning organizations, aided by the chronicling in its magazine of ambitious natural and cultural explorations around the globe. Grosvenor was"
"managed by Parks Canada, which contains many objects donated to the nation by Dr Bell's descendants. The museum was designated a National Historic Site in 1952, while Hall was named a National Historic Site in 2018. Alexander Graham Bell's father-in-law, Gardiner Greene Hubbard was the first president of the National Geographic Society and Bell was its second president. Bell's son-in-law Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor was president of the National Geographic Society for many years, and his grandson, Melville Bell Grosvenor, and great grandson Gilbert Melville Grosvenor were editors of the National Geographic Magazine and also Presidents of the Society. Perhaps as"
"honour, its Freedom of The City award. The Alexander Graham Bell Club, founded in 1891, became Canada's oldest continuing women's club, and grew out of a social organization started at Beinn Bhreagh by Mabel Bell, Grosvenor's grandmother. Grosvenor was made its Honorary President until her death in 2006. The club, originally created as The Young Ladies Of Baddeck Club, was renamed in 1922 after Bell's death, and after Mabel Bell declined the use of her name. Mabel H. Grosvenor Dr. Mabel Harlakenden Grosvenor (July 28, 1905 in Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia – October 30, 2006 in Baddeck, Nova Scotia) was"
"was subsequently raised to the peerage on 22 March 1886 as Baron Stalbridge, of Stalbridge in the County of Dorset, and became a leader of the Liberal Unionist Party from the House of Lords. On 15 April 1882, Grosvenor resigned his command of the Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry and was appointed honorary colonel of the regiment, a post he held until 1895. In 1891, he was appointed chairman of the London and North Western Railway, of which he had been a director since 1870 and had eagerly promoted. In 1867 he was prompted by Emperor Napoleon III to head an international"
"Melville, he was the grandfather of Alexander Graham Bell Grosvenor (1927–1978), a United States Navy pilot, Gilbert Melville Grosvenor (b. 1931), also a National Geographic president, and Edwin S. Grosvenor (b. 1951), the editor-in-chief of ""American Heritage"". Through his daughter Elsie, he was the grandfather of Walter Kendall Myers (b. 1937), a former U.S. State Department employee who, with his wife, Gwendolyn, was arrested and indicted in 2009 on charges of spying for Cuba for nearly 30 years. He was convicted of spying and sentenced to life imprisonment by a U.S. federal court in July 2010. The judge told the"
"couple: ""I see no sense of remorse. You were proud of what you did"". Grosvenor was one of the founders of the Cruising Club of America, and is considered the 'true' father of photojournalism. In the 1950s, Grosvenor's daughter acquired an historic building in Baddeck, Nova Scotia which she named Gilbert H. Grosvenor Hall in his honour. His daughter Mabel oversaw the stewardship of Bell's legacy Canadian estate at Beinn Bhreagh, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, until her death, and was also the Honorary President of the Alexander Graham Bell Club (founded in 1891), Canada's oldest continuing women's club. The club grew"
"Grosvenor Group Grosvenor Group Limited is an internationally diversified property group, which was founded in 1677 and is headquartered in the United Kingdom. It has a global reach, now in 62 international cities, with offices in 14 of them, operated on behalf of its owners, the Duke of Westminster and his family. It has four regional development and investment businesses: in Britain and Ireland, the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific; and a portfolio of indirect investments. Its sectors include residential, office, retail, industrial, and hotels. The history of the Grosvenor Estate begins in 1677, with the marriage of the heiress"
"Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster Lieutenant-Colonel Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, (24 April 1910 – 19 February 1979) was a British soldier, landowner, businessman and politician. In the 1970s he was the richest man in Britain. Grosvenor was born Robert Grosvenor, the son of Lord Hugh Grosvenor, sixth son and tenth child of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster by his second wife, the Honourable Katherine Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham. His mother, Lady Mabel Crichton, was the daughter of John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne. He was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public"
"the son of Melville Bell Grosvenor and the great-grandson of Alexander Graham Bell. He received a B.A. in psychology from Yale University in 1954. Between his junior and senior years, he volunteered in the Netherlands in efforts to recover from the North Sea flood of 1953 and co-authored an article that was published in the National Geographic. ""Although I'm not sure I realized it at the time, it changed my life,"" Grosvenor recently recalled. ""I discovered the power of journalism. And that's what we are all about—recording those chronicles of planet Earth."" He subsequently joined the staff of the magazine"
"Bendor Grosvenor Bendor Gerard Robert Grosvenor (born 27 November 1977) is a British art dealer, art historian and writer. He is known for discovering a number of important lost artworks by Old Master artists, including Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Claude Lorrain and Peter Brueghel the Younger. As a dealer he specialises in Old Masters, with a particular interest in Anthony van Dyck. During 2011 - 2016 he performed specialist research for, and appeared in, the BBC1 art programme, ""Fake or Fortune?"" He then presented the BBC4 series ""Britain's Lost Masterpieces"" with Jacky Klein and Emma Dabiri, which ran from 2016"
"Grosvenor Arch Grosvenor Arch is a unique sandstone double arch located within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Kane County, Utah, United States. It is named to honor Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), a president of the National Geographic Society, publishers of the National Geographic Magazine. Located in northern Kane County, it is close to and south of Kodachrome Basin State Park and is accessed from the north or south via Road 400, a dirt road that traverses Cottonwood Canyon in the western portion of the national monument. The site is well maintained and has an outhouse restroom and cement benches."
"Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, (familiarly ""Bendor"") (19 March 1879 – 19 July 1953) was a British landowner and one of the wealthiest men in the world. He was the son of Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, son of the 1st Duke of Westminster, and Lady Sibell Lumley, the daughter of the 9th Earl of Scarborough. From his childhood and during his adult life he was known within family circles as ""Bendor"", which was also the name of the racehorse Bend Or owned by his grandfather the first Duke, which won The"